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- December 20, 2024
Privacy Foundation submission on proposed information sharing between IR and MBIE
Inland Revenue and two business groups in the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment are proposing to sign up to…
- December 20, 2024
Protecting against employee browsing
Both the Privacy Foundation and Gehan Gunasekara were quoted in a recent Newsroom article about an incident where a Department…
- October 10, 2024
Submission on the potential Consumer Data Right for the electricity sector
Privacy Foundation has made a submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s consultation on the potential Consumer Data…
- October 10, 2024
Submission on Proposed Open Banking Regulations
Privacy Foundation has made a submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's consultation on the proposals for open…
- October 6, 2024
Genomic discrimination and New Zealand insurance
Genomic discrimination and New Zealand insurance – or, how what you don’t know can hurt you By Susanne, Hauora Health…
- September 27, 2024
Small amendments to Privacy Act proposed
The Statutes Amendment Bill (currently awaiting first reading) includes some small but useful changes to the Privacy Act 2020. One…
- September 16, 2024
Comment on government advertising on social media
Gehan Gunasekara recently did a number of interviews about government agencies sharing information with social media as a way of…
- September 15, 2024
Biometrics and Health Apps
In our first article , Brendan from our Hauora Health Privacy Working Group provided an overview of what is biometric…
- September 5, 2024
Submission on Customer and Product Data Bill
The Privacy Foundation’s made a submission to the Select Committee on Customer and Product Data Bill . Our submission can…
- July 23, 2024
What is Biometric Information? A Beginner’s Guide
What is Biometric Information? A Beginner’s Guide Brendan Marks, Hauora Health Privacy Working Group You might have heard of biometric…
- June 17, 2024
Surveillance Working Group Member Comments on M-5 Data Sharing
Privacy Foundation Surveillance Working Group member Caitlin Macdonald interviewed on RNZ Morning Report (17 June, 2024) on reports of M-5…
- June 17, 2024
Submission on Privacy Amendment Bill
The Privacy Foundation has made a submission to Parliament's Justice Select Committee on the Bill. The amendment inserts a new…
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